Voting ends in Ghana's elections

Voting ended officially in the presidential and parliamentary elections on Thursday and counting is beginning in the open immediately at all polling stations.

The first results are expected later on Thursday through early Friday. Voting was generally peaceful except in some polling stations where the behaviour of party agents created confusion.

An unspecified number of people were arrested trying to vote more than once or for impersonating. There were delays in voting in some polling stations and the EC would extend the time accordingly to allow the stipulated 10-hour voting period.

Some 10.7 million voters were expected to have voted. There were seven presidential candidates and 1.063 parliamentary candidates in the 200 constituencies.